The most maddening thing ever We MUST change it (more)

[Sikz]

The plural of moose is moose. What's with that!? It should be meese! Don't you think?

 

[Nereid]

fish?

And why is 'ghoti' pronounced 'fish'?

(Or was it, why is 'fish' spelt 'ghoti'? I get confused so easily. Come back Bernard!)

 

[chroot]

Originally posted by Nereid
And why is 'ghoti' pronounced 'fish'?

Because there just enough women in the nation.

- Warren

 

[zoobyshoe]

Originally posted by Sikz
The plural of moose is moose. What's with that!? It should be meese! Don't you think?

You are reasoning from the example of "goose", I take it. However a closer look at the situation reveals that the plural of elk is elk, and the plural of deer is deer, and the plural of caribou is caribou. I think it's an antler club thing.

-Zooby

N.P.P.S.(Plural of elk can be either elk or elks)

 

[jonnylane]

Originally posted by zoobyshoe
I think it's an antler club thing.

What about sheep? I don't recall seeing a sheep with antlers.

And I'm a welshman, I've seen a lot of sheep...

 

[zoobyshoe]

Originally posted by jonnylane
What about sheep? I don't recall seeing a sheep with antlers.

Sheep take 'em off when there's people around.

 

[tribdog]

and don't even mention ox

speaking of pluralities. When I was young I learned one octopus, two octopi. However, I just watched a show on them and all the scientists used octopuses.

 

[selfAdjoint]

Originally posted by tribdog
and don't even mention ox

speaking of pluralities. When I was young I learned one octopus, two octopi. However, I just watched a show on them and all the scientists used octopuses.

Should rightly be octopodes. But that's a lost cause.

English is a pidjin tongue (French+Nordic) + (Low German+Nordic) + ...+ Latin + Greek + Tagalog + Malay + various Native American tongues + ...

 

[Njorl]

Octalpi? It's about 3.1104 or so.

Njorl

 

[zoobyshoe]

Originally posted by selfAdjoint English is a pidjin tongue (French+Nordic) + (Low German+Nordic) + ...+ Latin + Greek + Tagalog + Malay + various Native American tongues + ...

Ooooo, SelfAdjoint! No, No No. English may be a bastard tongue but it is definitely not pidjin.

 

[tribdog]

Originally posted by zoobyshoe
Ooooo, SelfAdjoint! No, No No. English may be a bastard tongue but it is definitely not pidjin.

That's true, I tried talking to some pidjins in english, but they looked at me like they didn't know what the heck I was talking about, Bastards!

 

[Nereid]

Originally posted by Sikz
The plural of moose is moose. What's with that!? It should be meese! Don't you think?

You're confusing moose with mouse, you know:
moose -> moose
mouse -> mice

Just like:
louse -> lice (cf loose -> loose)
nouse -> nice (cf noose -> noose)
grouse -> grice
house -> hice

The moose, mice, lice, grouse ... even the piddly jinns (when not tipsy) ... they all 'get' it.

Who said English spelling was hard?

 

[hypnagogue]

Sometimes I feel like all of existence is an inside joke, and I don't get it.

 

[Sting]

Shouldn't one person from Portugal be called a Portugoose?

 

[Nereid]

Originally posted by Sting
Shouldn't one person from Portugal be called a Portugoose?

I thought he'd be a Portuguy.

 

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Originally posted by Njorl
Octalpi? It's about 3.1104 or so.
Njorl

HUH?? you told me it was 3.1104^8th, you know Octal then Pi!

Oh ya, in Canada the plural of Moose is Moose+, or Mooses

 

[Royce]

Sheep are always in a group (herd?) If one were to see one sheep wouldn't it then be a shoop with or without horns or antlers. If one saw a herd of houses would one be looking at hice or heese. I think I'm going to be sick.
Did anyone ever find out how to burn your foot while making popcorn?

 

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Originally posted by Mr. Robin Parsons
Oh ya, in Canada the plural of Moose is Moose+, or Mooses

YIKES! did I get **** for that one, so I have now been corrected, the plural of "Moose", in Canada, is "2 Moose", also known as "Two Moose" my apologies to all Canadians for the error, so sorry!